Not an Axis?

I’m often taken aback by statements from intelligent people that North Korea should not be linked to the Middle East or terrorism, or seen as a proliferation danger. Typical is this recent comment on NKZone:

NK does not have any affiliation to the Moslem Middle East . . .

Oh, really?

• Exhibit A, North Korean technical assistance to the Iranian nuclear program since the 1990s.
• Exhibit B, a report that Iran recently sold Russian-made cruise missiles to North Korea.
• Exhibit C, North Korean missiles intercepted on the way to Yemen in 2002.
• Exhibit D, a New York Times report that North Korea and Pakistan jointly tested a nuclear weapon in Pakistan in 1998.
• Exhibit E, consensus that North Korea was the source of Syria’s SCUD-C missiles and a report that North Korea has traded dual-use equipment with Syria that could be used for biological weapons.
• Exhibit F, Saddam’s plan to buy North Korean SCUDs with a range exceeding U.N. limits, stopped only when the invasion was imminent and North Korea opted to keep Saddam’s down payment.
• Exhibit G, a complete North Korean missile factory intercepted on the way to Libya.
• Exhibit F, uranium hexafluoride made in North Korea, found in Libya. Ad nauseum.

I have yet to be convinced that North Korea has any operational relationship to any terrorist group, nor am I worried about weapons like missiles that have a return address. My worry is that North Korea will become the Arsenal of Terror.